From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from jscp.yi.org(dap-208-166-66-119.erie-tnt-1.pa.erie.net[208.166.66.119]) (1607 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Sat, 30 Sep 2000 15:21:30 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from localhost (jacobs@localhost) by jscp.yi.org (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id e8UJLA614209 for ; Sat, 30 Sep 2000 15:21:10 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: jscp.yi.org: jacobs owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 15:21:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Jacob Schmude X-Sender: jacobs@jscp.yi.org To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: down for the count In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: Hi Slackware isn't as hard to upgrade now. From 4.0 onward, there's an upgradepkg utility that will upgrade a package. From 4.0 to 7.0 would be a bit tricky, simply because of the switch to libc6. The simple way to do it would be to install the glibc libraries first, then upgrade the distro. You'd just go into a directory and do upgradepkg *.tgz and it will upgrade packages and not install any new packages. On Sat, 30 Sep 2000, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > Jacob - > Those are helpful observations. I have only used Slackware in the past - > 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, and now 4.0, so I know its structure pretty well and may just > stick with it. It is the awkwardness of upgrading that tempts me to switch. > Chuck. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >